ENGL 443 - The American Novel

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENGL-300. (Required, Previous).
Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max:

Description: Considers how this particular genre has evolved within the framework of American literature. Traces the development of the novel in America from its beginnings as a hybrid form toward its more contemporary forms in later centuries. Examines how the novel changes to accommodate other movements in American literature such as Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, and Post-Modernism. Looks at the relationship of novels to other cultural and historical phenomena.